Marina Parisinou
@mparisinou.bsky.social
Independent Researcher | Miner of family archives | Blogger: MyPalestinianStory.com | Associate Producer: info.JerusalemWeAreHere.com | Bicontinental SF/Cy
Τα κατάντια της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας. Η Πρόεδρος της Βουλής, Αννίτα Δημητρίου, να προωθεί διχόνοια! Κ μάλιστα με τους ανθρώπους με τους οποίους (λέμε πως) προσπαθούμε να βρούμε λύση για την επανένωση της χώρας μας. #Cyprus #hatespeech
August 14, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Τα κατάντια της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας. Η Πρόεδρος της Βουλής, Αννίτα Δημητρίου, να προωθεί διχόνοια! Κ μάλιστα με τους ανθρώπους με τους οποίους (λέμε πως) προσπαθούμε να βρούμε λύση για την επανένωση της χώρας μας. #Cyprus #hatespeech
Good speech by Calif. governor
Governor Newsom's Address: Democracy at a Crossroads
YouTube video by Campaign for Democracy
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June 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Good speech by Calif. governor
"Given this history tracing back to the1970s, it is puzzling why people continue to believe that the Republicans are trying to reform the universities to address antisemitism.It should be clear that their actions are instead part of a decades-long effort to humble universities for political reasons"
Trump’s war on Harvard was decades in the making. This letter proves it | Bernard Harcourt
Trump’s war on Harvard was decades in the making. This letter proves it | Bernard Harcourt
A message tucked into an old book serves as a reminder that the assault on the institution is part of a long-planned effort
www.theguardian.com
June 11, 2025 at 9:09 AM
"Given this history tracing back to the1970s, it is puzzling why people continue to believe that the Republicans are trying to reform the universities to address antisemitism.It should be clear that their actions are instead part of a decades-long effort to humble universities for political reasons"
Από ανέκαθεν μάλον...
"Στην Κύπρο τον τελευταίο καιρό έχουμε εγκλωβιστεί σε εύκολα συνθήματα και αφηγήματα. Ο πραγματικός ηττημένος από την καταφυγή στην ευκολία αυτή είναι η πολιτική και ο πολιτισμός. "
"Στην Κύπρο τον τελευταίο καιρό έχουμε εγκλωβιστεί σε εύκολα συνθήματα και αφηγήματα. Ο πραγματικός ηττημένος από την καταφυγή στην ευκολία αυτή είναι η πολιτική και ο πολιτισμός. "
Η θλιβερή συμπόρευση του Νίκου Χριστοδουλίδη www.politis.com.cy/apopseis/sti...
Η θλιβερή συμπόρευση του Νίκου Χριστοδουλίδη
www.politis.com.cy
June 11, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Από ανέκαθεν μάλον...
"Στην Κύπρο τον τελευταίο καιρό έχουμε εγκλωβιστεί σε εύκολα συνθήματα και αφηγήματα. Ο πραγματικός ηττημένος από την καταφυγή στην ευκολία αυτή είναι η πολιτική και ο πολιτισμός. "
"Στην Κύπρο τον τελευταίο καιρό έχουμε εγκλωβιστεί σε εύκολα συνθήματα και αφηγήματα. Ο πραγματικός ηττημένος από την καταφυγή στην ευκολία αυτή είναι η πολιτική και ο πολιτισμός. "
Seen on a building in the Mission, San Francisco. #Resistance
May 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Seen on a building in the Mission, San Francisco. #Resistance
On today's Nakba day, my own family's Nakba story:
The Nakba of Qatamon
thisweekinpalestine.com
May 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
On today's Nakba day, my own family's Nakba story:
Enjoyed listening to former Abmassador to Cyprus John Koenig, in this episode of Legal Matters by @chrischristophi.bsky.social
Diplomacy in the Age of Disruption. John Koenig.
YouTube video by LegalMatters
www.youtube.com
May 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Enjoyed listening to former Abmassador to Cyprus John Koenig, in this episode of Legal Matters by @chrischristophi.bsky.social
Pulitzer Prize winners 2025
Here are the 2025 Pulitzer Prize winners.
Since 2017, the Pulitzer committee has recognized outstanding journalism, criticism, books, dramas, and achievements in music with their coveted prizes. And winners walk away with $15,000 and the e…
lithub.com
May 15, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Pulitzer Prize winners 2025
My fave: "Completely invented a non-existent $50 million program to supply condoms to Gaza."
NEW: Here's the very long list of the many mistakes Trump and his crew have made in his first 100 days. We're not talking about misguided and destructive policies but dumbass errors and blunders they've had to acknowledge and correct.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
What Donald Trump has destroyed in his first 100 days won’t be easy to rebuild
Mistakes were made. And made. And made again.
www.motherjones.com
April 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
My fave: "Completely invented a non-existent $50 million program to supply condoms to Gaza."
"...in all but name — and before being officially asked to do so — University President Alan M. Garber ’76 has already actualized many of the Trump administration’s wishes for the University."
Do Not Applaud Harvard for Doing the Bare Minimum | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
Do not mistake Garber’s scramble to retain a semblance of liberalism as a stand — let alone fight — against the Trump administration. No number of strongly worded statements nor invocations of “indepe...
www.thecrimson.com
April 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
"...in all but name — and before being officially asked to do so — University President Alan M. Garber ’76 has already actualized many of the Trump administration’s wishes for the University."
Thanks to Ilan Pappe
Nakba Resistance: The Archive Preserving Palestinian History
As bombs continue to fall on Gaza and archives vanish, a new memorial centre in London is racing to preserve the material history of Palestine and the Nakba - before it’s lost forever.
theethicalist.com
April 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Thanks to Ilan Pappe
Tourism has become a risky proposition in the US
I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre
Graphic artist Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime. But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE. Now back home, she tells others thinking...
www.theguardian.com
April 7, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Tourism has become a risky proposition in the US
"Columbia once in its history expelled a student for non-violent protest: in 1936 for protesting against offering a platform to Nazis. In 1953 its president signed a letter pronouncing communists unfit to teach. ... Vichy on the Hudson."
Does Columbia still merit the name of a university? | Rashid Khalidi
Columbia has long been run more as a business empire than as an educational institution. Now it’s acting like Vichy on the Hudson
www.theguardian.com
March 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
"Columbia once in its history expelled a student for non-violent protest: in 1936 for protesting against offering a platform to Nazis. In 1953 its president signed a letter pronouncing communists unfit to teach. ... Vichy on the Hudson."
Kudos to Georgetown. Columbia, take note:
"Our University must foster and nurture a variety of viewpoints on every issue, in classes, in campus discussions. .... We must in turn build an environment where all members of our community are free to express their thoughts."
"Our University must foster and nurture a variety of viewpoints on every issue, in classes, in campus discussions. .... We must in turn build an environment where all members of our community are free to express their thoughts."
To view this email as a web page, go here.
view.info.georgetown.edu
March 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Kudos to Georgetown. Columbia, take note:
"Our University must foster and nurture a variety of viewpoints on every issue, in classes, in campus discussions. .... We must in turn build an environment where all members of our community are free to express their thoughts."
"Our University must foster and nurture a variety of viewpoints on every issue, in classes, in campus discussions. .... We must in turn build an environment where all members of our community are free to express their thoughts."
Reposted by Marina Parisinou
JWRH's creator, Dorit Naaman, on Academics for Peace
youtube.com/shorts/uylue...
youtube.com/shorts/uylue...
Coexistence in Palestine before 1948
YouTube video by Academics for Peace
youtube.com
March 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
JWRH's creator, Dorit Naaman, on Academics for Peace
youtube.com/shorts/uylue...
youtube.com/shorts/uylue...
Superb piece of writing! A heart-rending story that encapsulates so much of the Palestinian reality in Jerusalem, its environs, and beyond, with all its complexity.
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama
WINNER OF THE 2024 PULITZER PRIZE FOR GENERAL NON-FICTI…
www.goodreads.com
March 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Superb piece of writing! A heart-rending story that encapsulates so much of the Palestinian reality in Jerusalem, its environs, and beyond, with all its complexity.
As the world gets uglier by the day, there are glimmers of hope when people come together to reject division and "othering". #Cyprus
Running for Peace
YouTube video by UN_Cyprus
youtu.be
March 12, 2025 at 11:45 PM
As the world gets uglier by the day, there are glimmers of hope when people come together to reject division and "othering". #Cyprus
Reposted by Marina Parisinou
Upcoming UK events:
• London 12/3: supporting Mahmoud Muna & Olivia Snaije discussing culturcide
• Oxford Litfest 1/4: in dialogue with Atef Alshaer on Gåza & the right to narrate
• Stroud 3/4: book talk for DAYBREAK IN GÅZA
Full details & booking: matthewteller.com/events
• London 12/3: supporting Mahmoud Muna & Olivia Snaije discussing culturcide
• Oxford Litfest 1/4: in dialogue with Atef Alshaer on Gåza & the right to narrate
• Stroud 3/4: book talk for DAYBREAK IN GÅZA
Full details & booking: matthewteller.com/events
Events Archive • Matthew Teller
matthewteller.com
March 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Upcoming UK events:
• London 12/3: supporting Mahmoud Muna & Olivia Snaije discussing culturcide
• Oxford Litfest 1/4: in dialogue with Atef Alshaer on Gåza & the right to narrate
• Stroud 3/4: book talk for DAYBREAK IN GÅZA
Full details & booking: matthewteller.com/events
• London 12/3: supporting Mahmoud Muna & Olivia Snaije discussing culturcide
• Oxford Litfest 1/4: in dialogue with Atef Alshaer on Gåza & the right to narrate
• Stroud 3/4: book talk for DAYBREAK IN GÅZA
Full details & booking: matthewteller.com/events
I just signed. Please consider
Free Mahmoud Khalil
The Trump administration has illegally arrested and detained Mahmoud Khalil in direct retaliation for his advocacy in support of Palestinian rights. This egregious, unprecedented, and illegal abuse of...
action.aclu.org
March 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I just signed. Please consider
Reposted by Marina Parisinou
By August 2024, 40,000 self-proclaimed vigilante vote-fraud hunters had already challenged the rights of 852,381 voters — with a target of 2 million before the election. Did the voters decide the 2024 election, or voter suppression? Watch our movie and decide for yourself. youtu.be/P_XdtAQXnGE
Vigilantes Inc. — Full Movie
YouTube video by Greg Palast
youtu.be
November 20, 2024 at 2:45 PM
By August 2024, 40,000 self-proclaimed vigilante vote-fraud hunters had already challenged the rights of 852,381 voters — with a target of 2 million before the election. Did the voters decide the 2024 election, or voter suppression? Watch our movie and decide for yourself. youtu.be/P_XdtAQXnGE
Tomorrow on Zoom
📚 WEBINAR INVITATION: The Raid on the Educational Bookshop this Sunday with Ahmad Muna!
greenolivetours.cmail19.com
March 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Tomorrow on Zoom
"... this bloody struggle of domination and resistance that we were born into has damaged the ability of all of us--Palestinians and Jews, in Israel and abroad--to empathize, feel compassion, and identify with one another, hindering our capacity to see allies for what they are."
'No Other Land' is a victory for the Palestinian struggle
While some have accused the film of normalization, Masafer Yatta leaders and activists are unwavering in their support for joint resistance.
www.972mag.com
March 8, 2025 at 5:08 AM
"... this bloody struggle of domination and resistance that we were born into has damaged the ability of all of us--Palestinians and Jews, in Israel and abroad--to empathize, feel compassion, and identify with one another, hindering our capacity to see allies for what they are."
Two good friends of mine in conversation - Smadar Ben Natan and cousin Magda Zenon @magda-zed1.bsky.social
KaleidHERscope – Episode 42: Dr. Smadar Ben-Natan discusses the intersection of international law & human rights in Israel/Palestine (22/2/2025) - Island Talks
Dr. Smadar Ben-Natan, an Israeli international lawyer/ academician speaks to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about the intersection of international law and human rights in Israel/Palestine, about the I...
islandtalks.fm
February 25, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Two good friends of mine in conversation - Smadar Ben Natan and cousin Magda Zenon @magda-zed1.bsky.social
Hats off!
February 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Hats off!
Reposted by Marina Parisinou
After the raid on Jerusalem's Educational Bookshop--and detention of two of its owners, Mahmoud and Ahmed Muna have had to hire lawyers. They also need to pay for security, since right-wing protesters have begun showing up. Please consider helping them.
Donate to Jerusalem’s Educational Bookshop Emergency Appeal, organized by Saqi Books
Bookselling is not a crime: fundraiser to support the Educational Booksh… Saqi Books needs your support for Jerusalem’s Educational Bookshop Emergency Appeal
www.gofundme.com
February 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
After the raid on Jerusalem's Educational Bookshop--and detention of two of its owners, Mahmoud and Ahmed Muna have had to hire lawyers. They also need to pay for security, since right-wing protesters have begun showing up. Please consider helping them.